Picnic or excursion seat



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB MARSH PERKINS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PICNIC OR EXCURSION SEAT.

Speciflcaton of Letters Patent No. 30,344, dated October 9, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB MARSH PER- KiNs, of the city of Chicago, inthe State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful PortablePicnic-Seat; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the marks thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide pic-nickers, eXcursionists, andothers with a strong, light, and reliable seat, which can convenientlybe carried, and which will occupy but a small space whenever it may beexpedient to pack or store it away. Grenerally I construct this seat ofa frame of hard wood, though, as is evident, it may be made of otherwood, or of wrought or cast metal.

The drawings which form a part of this specification show how myinvention may be carried out, Figure l thereof being a view of a framewith braces for supporting it; Fig. 2 a view of the seat as folded upand having the form of a Satchel; Fig. 4 a view of it as open and readyfor use as a seat; and Fig. 3 a view of a table which is so made up asto be taken to pieces and carried within the satchel.

In each of the figures where like parts are shown like marks are used toindicate them.

A part of the frame of this seat is made rigid as shown by Fig. l,letters (c). This part of the frame has attached to it and is covered bythe material, ordinarily used for making satchels, and which forms thetop of the seat and the side folding pieces (g). To this rigid partareconnected by hinges (d, CZ)7 or other convenient means, other bars (c)which can be folded down upon the rigid frame when the seat is carriedas a Satchel, but which constitute the legs when used as a seat. Thecross-bars (0) of the legs give a bearing to braces (A), the otherbearing for them being the rigid bars of the frame. These braces are oftwo pieces the ends of which, inte-riorly, are kept in contact bycollars or tubes (B) which collars are kept in place by pins and catchesThe table is made up of several pieces, the piece 7') heilig the slab ortop, the piece (7c) the standard, which is screwed or otherwise fittedto a hole or tube in the slab, the piece (Z) a block for the standardand the legs (m), a collar or sleeve (e) or some other means being usedto connect the block with the standard. All these pieces can be packedwithin the Satchel, the block (Z) being so placed therein, as to beunder the lock of the satchel, and thus aord a bearing or support whenbeing locked or unlocked.

The drawings so fully show the contraction of the invention and soclearly indicate how it may be used that it is unnecessary to givefurther description. It will readily be seen how all the parts may bestowed away and folded in the body of the satchel for conveyance, andhow they may be opened up for use as a seat. IVhile the generalconstruction is thus indicated, it is evident that, instead of soconstructing the seat as to have it of the form shown, it may be so madeas to have the form of the divided or double satchel, or of such otherform as may be preferred. Pockets can be in the satchel, or attached tothe cloth or other material, in which can be carried refreshments,articles for the toilet, or articles of any character desirable.

That I claim as my invention is The portable pic-nic seat constructed asherein set forth.

Chicago, September el, 1860.

J. M. PERKINS.

Witnesses I. H. LANDsE'rT, I-I. W. LANDSETT.

